Glass of Terra Blanca Syrah

by Craig Sutton

Wednesday was a special day in my life and I wanted a special location to have dinner with my wife. As you know, we have a large selection of restaurants, but not enough that are privately owned with a unique menu. Lots of chains. This is not want I wanted for this day.

Then I remembered! I posted a commercial for the Tri-City Regional Chamber a short time ago for there new Go Local Campaign, which featured Country Gentleman. While they had been open for breakfast and lunch, just a short time ago they created a dinner menu and I had heard some great things about it! I’m a fairly regular visitor on other shifts, as my office is not far away.

Steak Sauce - They went LOCAL!

Reservations weren’t required, which was good, this was a last minute decision with plans to visit the movie theater about an hour later. We arrived about 6:30, wasn’t a very big crowd at this point. I was also relieved that there was not a strong dress code enforced, in fact the gentleman who greeted us was wearing a rather colorful t-shirt under his jacket. Very friendly fellow.

We were taken to a table, candlelight and linen were available, no paper napkins here. Immediately rolls were served and a drink order was taken. I was delighted to find a favorite wine of mine, Terra Blanca Syrah, available here! Many of the local chains serve only inexpensive table wines. This was a treat indeed! My wife had a Mango Sunrise, a sweet concoction she enjoyed thoroughly.

Tenderloin

As we perused the menu, out came Steve Simmons, one of the establishments owners. He is a nice fellow and always takes some personal time to greet guests to answer questions or generate feedback. These are signs of a solid owner with his hands on the pulse of the business.

I asked Steve what he would recommend, mentioning the special day, and he suggested their Tenderloin (these pictures of  food were our dinners). It sounded fantastic, so I took the bait. I had a side of scalloped potatoes and vegetables. My wife ordered the St. Louis Baby Ribs.

St. Louis Ribs

The meal was fantastic, the Tenderloin was juicy and practically fell off the bone (which Steve explained earlier had been left in to enhance the flavor) and the potatoes, as my wife put it, “obviously had the love of the chef” as they were in thin layers of Parmesan cheese and were the perfect match for this meal.

After dinner, we had a Cheesecake covered in Raspberry sauce, with a special note from the owners.

This was a great experience and they certainly will see me again! I hope they see you as well, we need to make sure these kind of places stay busy in this town. Oh yeah, almost forgot, they had us out with just enough time to get to the movie, what a treat indeed!

We won’t give you all the details here. But we inviting the wine-loving public to attend the launch of the new Palatebomb.com website on Monday July 20th, 6:00pm – 9:00pm at Bookwalter winery in Richland. Just RSVP to Craig by email, craig@brightwebmarketing.com, or by calling 509-783-9558.

We hope you can join us! And the first glass of wine is on Palatebomb!